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Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Monday, 11 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 January 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 15 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

GCSE: Disadvantaged

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals achieved five A* or A grades at GCSE, including English and mathematics but excluding equivalents in the (i) earliest and (ii) most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer

[holding answer 14 January 2010]: Pupil level attainment data by free school meal eligibility are only available from 2003 onwards. The information requested is presented in the following table and is for maintained schools only.

Number of pupils¹ achieving 5 or more A* or A grades at GCSE including English and Maths (excluding equivalents) Percentage achieving 5 or more A* or A grades at GCSE including English and Maths (excluding equivalents)
Eligible for FSM Not eligible for FSM Eligible for FSM Not eligible for FSM
2003 791 33,538 1.0 6.8
2009² 1,254 45,294 1.7 9.0
¹ Figures for 2003 are based on pupils aged 15 and 2009 figures are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4.
² Figures for 2009 are provisional.
Source:
National Pupil Database

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c691-2W; 310643
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Disadvantaged GCSE
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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